Warriors battle hard to earn two victories

The Choctaw Central boys basketball team picked up a pair of victories last week as they defeated Forest 57-40 and Philadelphia 59-51.

The Warriors improved to 17-5 overall and 4-0 in the region. They have three Region 5-3A games slated for this week as they were to host Morton on Tuesday (weather permitting), and then visit Kemper County on Friday and Morton on Saturday.

Leading 14-9 after the first quarter, the Warriors outscored Forest 9-8 in the second quarter to post a 23-17 halftime lead. The Warriors kept pulling away from the Bearcats through the second half. They outscored Forest 17-10 in the third quarter and led 40-27 heading into the final quarter where they put the game away.

Octavious Jones scored 13 points and Dillon Farmer put in 10.

Philadelphia went up 17-11 after the first quarter. Both teams scored 14 points in the second quarter and the Tornadoes led 31-25 at the half.

The Warriors closed the gap as they outscored the Tornadoes 17-11 in the third quarter to tie it a 42-42. The Warriors outscored Philadelphia 17-9 in the final quarter.